Tenure-track Professor in Literacy Education

Elmira College is seeking an outstanding tenure-track professor
in Literacy Education at a well-established small liberal arts
college, beginning date July, 2014. RANK OPEN. Salary is
commensurate with experience.

This position requires an
appropriate doctorate, literacy certification K-12, and literacy
teaching experience in schools. Teaching assignments at the
master’s level may include some of the following courses: Literacy
Acquisition, Literacy Assessment and Intervention, Literacy in the
Content Areas, and Developing and Administering Literacy
Programs. Undergraduate teaching responsibilities may consist
of such courses as Literacy Acquisition and Development for
Preschool and Elementary School Learners, Teaching Literacy in the
Elementary Schools, Content Literacy in the Middle Schools, and
Content Literacy in the Secondary Schools. A combination of
undergraduate and graduate level teaching will be required.
Supervision of student teachers may be needed, with the potential
of supervising at an international site.

Elmira College, the first college to offer a comprehensive
curriculum for women, and home of the Center for Mark Twain
Studies, is a small, well-established, residential, liberal arts
college in a pleasant community in the Finger Lakes region of New
York State (county population 80,000).

All tenure-track faculty positions require academic and career
advising, and scholarly or artistic achievement. EOE. Elmira
College may request a criminal background and drug screening prior
to employment.